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Authorities also want to bring the curfew forward to 8pm but are not contemplating home confinement

Eight regions including Madrid stand to benefit from financial aid, although the Spanish capital’s own damage estimate of €1.4 billion is being questioned by the central government

Scores of municipalities will be sealed off to everything but essential travel as new cases continue to climb

Legal battle with Castilla y León illustrates growing rift over need for stricter measures such as a full home confinement

Madrid, Aragón and Castilla y León announce stricter restrictions, leading to some clashes with the central government over the terms of the state of alarm

With snow, ice and icicles presenting risks at hundreds of education centers, the new term will not be starting until January 20

Ban on non-resident arrivals is pushed to February 2, and a grace period for proving residency has expired. But passengers whose flights were delayed by the snowstorm will not need a new PCR

Authorities are assessing the impact ahead of potential disaster zone declarations, while record-low temperatures continue to cause travel delays, school closures and event cancellations

Meanwhile, a judge in Galicia has made the first ruling in the country obliging an incapacitated senior to be vaccinated against the wishes of her family

Thermometers fall to as low as -25ºC in Guadalajara and hospitals fill up with admissions for falls as deep snow from Storm Filomena turns into ice

The news comes as Spain enters an intense cold snap, with temperatures forecast to plunge below -15ºC in several provinces

The Military Emergency Unit has been deployed to clear snow from Madrid’s hospitals and airport. Around 500 people had to sleep in sports centers last night after being left stranded by the weather

The weather event left deep snow in many parts of the country, and caused chaos in Madrid on Saturday

Four people were killed by the arrival of the weather event in Spain, with 20 provinces still on alerts due to more snowfall

The unexpectedly heavy snowfall has blocked roads, left the emergency services unable to circulate and has caused dangerous situations due to falling branches

The worst snow seen this century has caused chaos, leaving three dead and hundreds of drivers trapped in their vehicles. Madrid, Albacete, Cuenca, Toledo, Guadalajara, Valencia, Castellón, Tarragona, Teruel and Zaragoza are expected to see 20 centimeters of snowfall

With the holiday season now at an end, several regional governments have introduced tougher measures in a bid to curb the rising number of cases

Madrid has salted roads and issued warnings to prepare for snow totals unseen since the 1980s, according to the national weather service

Salvador Illa announced that the first treatments will arrive in seven to 10 days from now as concerns grow about the speed of the vaccination drive in some regions

There were traffic disruptions and advisories for difficult driving conditions on over 100 roads on Thursday

The weather agency Aemet said it expects Thursday to be one of the snowiest in recent years

The central Spanish region is also opening a probe after an online daily revealed that friends and relatives of senior home workers were allegedly being administered doses

Valencian authorities are confining 26 municipalities, Extremadura is closing bars and restaurants in its main cities, and La Rioja will limit all social gatherings to four people

The country’s foreign ministers announced the deal, which will see the British Overseas Territory join the Schengen area, with just hours to go before the United Kingdom definitively leaves the EU

Here is a guide to the measures that have been announced so far by each regional government in a bid to slow the spread of the virus over the Christmas holiday period